Next to Normal

In this remarkable rock musical, a suburban household copes with crisis and the unpredictability of a mother’s worsening bipolar disorder. While the show explores serious subjects, the stunning score is filled with humor, joy, redemption and hope. Next to Normal  was chosen as “one of the year’s ten best shows” by critics around the country, including The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone and The New York Times.

Dad’s an architect; Mom rushes to pack lunches and pour cereal; their daughter and son are bright, wise-cracking teens – all appearing to be a typical American family. And yet their lives are anything but normal because the mother has been battling mental illness for 16 years.

Cast

 * Michelle Drenth as Diana Goodman
 * Kevin Ideker as Dan Goodman
 * Greta Jacobson as Natalie GoodmanPoster-photo-e1529960823208.jpg
 * Elijah Leer as Henry
 * Bryan Reed as Doctor Madden
 * Kyle Yetzer as Gabe Goodman

Orchestra
Conducted by Keyboard by Guitars by Bass by Drums by Violin by Cello by Rehearsal Piano by
 * Peter Webb (Conductor)
 * Peter Webb
 * John Potts
 * Bill Szydlo
 * Emmett Forster
 * Gail Nelson
 * Joel Rinckwald
 * Mary Kay Bougie

Crew
Directed by Stage Management by Produced by Set by Costumes by Props by Lights & Sound by Posters by Photography by Special Thanks to Book by Music by Lyrics by
 * Eric E. Parrish (Director)
 * Janice Lehmkuhl (Stage Manager)
 * Rolf Kragseth (Producer)
 * Matt Drenth (Set Designer & Constructor)
 * Bridget Novak (Master Painter)
 * Helen Dillon (Costume Designer)
 * Janice Lehmkuhl (Props Designer)
 * Drew Whitehead (Lighting Designer)
 * Alex Pagel (Board Operator)
 * Brent Kivell (Poster Designer)
 * Elin Odegaard (Photographer)
 * Minnesota West Community & Technical College
 * Northfield News
 * Todd Edwards & St. Olaf Department of Theatre
 * Antiques of Northfield
 * Deb Clark
 * Lyle Davies
 * John Cromer
 * Michael Lehmkuhl
 * Kevin Ward
 * Dave Flynn
 * John Jacobson
 * Tim Knauber
 * Sydney Place-Sallstrom
 * Ray Coudret
 * Front of House Volunteers
 * ArtZany/KYMN Radio
 * Andrew Rossow
 * Susie Phillipi with Rice County Drug Treatment Court
 * Darren Schaufenbuel
 * Brian Yorkey (Writer)
 * Tom Kitt (Composer)
 * Brian Yorkey (Writer)

Songs
"Prelude" "Just Another Day" "Everything Else" "Who's Crazy"/"My Psychopharmacologist and I" "Perfect for You" "I Miss the Mountains" "It's Gonna Be Good" "He's Not Here" "You Don't Know" "I Am the One" "Superboy and the Invisible Girl" "I'm Alive" "Make Up Your Mind"/"Catch Me I'm Falling" "I Dreamed a Dance" "There's a World" "I've Been" "Didn't I See This Movie?" "A Light in the Dark" Intermission
 * Orchestra
 * Diana, Natalie, Gabe, and Dan
 * Natalie
 * Dan, Doctor Madden, and Diana
 * Henry and Natalie
 * Diana
 * Dan, Natalie, Henry, and Diana
 * Dan
 * Diana
 * Dan, Gabe, and Diana
 * Natalie, Diana, and Gabe
 * Gabe
 * Doctor Madden, Diana, Dan, Natalie, Gabe, and Henry
 * Diana and Gabe
 * Gabe
 * Dan and Gabe
 * Diana
 * Dan and Diana

"Wish I Were Here" "Song of Forgetting" "Hey #1" "Seconds and Years" "Better Than Before" "Aftershocks" "Hey #2" "You Don't Know (Reprise)" "How Could I Ever Forget?" "It's Gonna Be Good (Reprise)" "Why Stay?"/"A Promise" "I'm Alive (Reprise)" "The Break" "Make Up Your Mind" / "Catch Me I'm Falling (Reprise)" "Maybe (Next to Normal)" "Hey #3" / "Perfect for You (Reprise)" "So Anyway" "I Am the One (Reprise)" "Light"
 * Diana and Natalie
 * Dan, Diana, and Natalie
 * Henry and Natalie
 * Doctor Madden, Dan, and Diana
 * Doctor Madden, Dan, Natalie, and Diana
 * Gabe
 * Henry, Natalie
 * Diana and Doctor Madden
 * Diana and Dan
 * Dan and Diana
 * Diana, Natalie, Dan, and Henry
 * Gabe
 * Diana
 * Doctor Madden, Diana, and Gabe
 * Diana and Natalie
 * Henry and Natalie
 * Diana
 * Dan and Gabe
 * Diana, Dan, Natalie, Gabe, Henry, and Doctor Madden